Make cheap plastic pots look like more expensive stone ones

4-Step DIY Paver Planter

EASY DIY concrete planter box All you need are a few - pavers, landscape-block adhesive, and a little time. Wait 24 hours for everything to cure and you're ready to move your new planters into place and fill them with dirt and greenery.

Instant Upgrade: Tomato Cage Plant Stand

Useful in gardens, tomato cages are also ripe for repurposing as pretty plant stands. Cut off the spiky feet with a clipper, then spray-paint the cage gold. Set it on its wide end, and fit a pot inside. - Gardening Is Life

"This is so simple and absolutely brilliant!" said a reader when she saw this Dollar Store wastebasket idea:

To make cute and cheap flower pots, use these dollar tree waste baskets. Drill a few holes in the bottom, fill with potting soil and plant. They cost about a dollar each. Add spray paint to change color